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The man who lies with his father`s wife has uncovered his father`s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be on them.
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Law and Consequence
Commentators note that this chapter adds specific penalties to the prohibitions listed in Leviticus 18. John Calvin explains that chapter 18 was meant to shape the conscience before God, while this chapter (20) establishes earthly punishments to deter the community from sin.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
His father’s wife. —Here the penalty is enacted for the sin prohibited in Leviticus 18:8.
16th Century
Protestant
Nothing new occurs here, for Moses's objective was, by enacting penalties, to reinforce the instruction recently given. By previously condemning in…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the man that lies with his father's wife Whether she be his mother, or another woman, as the Targum of Jonathan;…
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Presbyterian
These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was necessary that there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that He has tau…
